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Summary Of Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl

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In Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl, a new student at Mica High, mixes up the lives of all the students and teachers. Her popularity skyrockets, and she ends up friends with almost everyone in the school. Suddenly, her popularity drops rapidly. Hillari, the most popular girl at school, influenced all the students, except one, to dislike Stargirl. The only friends she has left are Leo and Cinnamon, her pet rat. The author is trying to tell us that we don't need to be popular or fit in, we just need to be ourselves. This girl does not start off as the usual new girl, but as time goes on, she gets more popular and becomes friends with Leo. Suddenly, her popularity plummets downward. After it plummets down to only one friend and her pet

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